Choose three words from your Words Their Way list. When you choose the words, look up the root of each word (Go to the Sandburg Website, - Teacher Pages - Technology - Reading - Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes) and write down the root's meaning. After that, find 5 additional words that have the same root.
EXAMPLE:
My word: Circle
Root: Circ
Meaning: around
Related words: Circumference, Circulate, Circular, Circus, Circumnavigate
My word: Drive
Root: Drive
Meaning: A jurney by road vehicle
Related Words: Driven, Driving, Driver, Drove, Drivers
My word :Sweep
Root: Sweep
Meaning: To clean with a brush
Related Words: Sweeping, Swept, Re Sweep, Sweeper, Sweepers
My word: Drove
Root: Drove
Meaning: To have or seen Driving
Related Words: Test-Drive , Drive, Driver, Drivers, Driven
EXAMPLE:
My word: Circle
Root: Circ
Meaning: around
Related words: Circumference, Circulate, Circular, Circus, Circumnavigate
My word: Drive
Root: Drive
Meaning: A jurney by road vehicle
Related Words: Driven, Driving, Driver, Drove, Drivers
My word :Sweep
Root: Sweep
Meaning: To clean with a brush
Related Words: Sweeping, Swept, Re Sweep, Sweeper, Sweepers
My word: Drove
Root: Drove
Meaning: To have or seen Driving
Related Words: Test-Drive , Drive, Driver, Drivers, Driven